Patrice Evra Quotes

When I arrived, I felt the spotlight shining brightly on me, and I knew the sharks were ready to strike if I did not pan out and prove myself to be the showman and the player the college ranks had labeled me to be.

When you're winning games, everyone thinks everything the manager says and does is fantastic. Then it goes the other way, and those earlier criticisms of players can backfire.

Being on TV is similar to being an athlete. You get no second chances.

You're only as good as your last collection, which is an enormous pressure.

I feel pressure every day. It is only pressure that I put on myself, but I would expect all professional sportspeople to feel pressure to perform their best whenever they are at work.

There's just such a premium on hurrying, and the camera is the be all and end all, and the actors had better hurry up and get it right and get it done.

I like the pressure of having to perform so people will come to me.

Oftentimes, I feel like the clock is on, and there's money at stake, and you gotta get up there and dance for grandma, and it better be great, and you better get it right.

There is always a lot of pressure at Chelsea, but we are used to this and have to make sure we keep winning games.

I think I live in the land of high expectations after playing at Connecticut.

When you start to have success, people look at you differently and expect more from you. With that comes a lot of pressure to perform, so it can be a little overwhelming.

At the beginning of the first season, you don't have that pressure to perform at 100 per cent, because it's always hard when you first start. But now, in the second season, people are expecting big things from you, so you can't really disappoint them.

I always try not to read anything of people talking about me, but of course you can still feel pressure at the stadium, during the games, if you don't play well.

With United the spotlight is always on and there's always going to be that pressure, no matter what the game is.

You are under some sort of pressure to win any match. It is natural.

During those years with the Iron Maidens, I felt I had to be great and really prove myself at every single show.

If you have lost matches and not played to potential, criticism will come your way. Critics and media will say what they see and take you on. They will say things which you might not like to hear. But that's professional sport.

One day you are a hero, the next day, media and people put you down if you are not giving your best.

It's normal that there's pressure at Real Madrid.

The crowd in big venues can really make or crush players.

There's always the pressure to win. That never goes away, but being a main event, I want to go out there and put on a great show for the fans and live up to being a main event. That doesn't really stress me out or pressure me anymore. The fight is enough.

Growing up, I was often put under a lot of pressure. Being an athlete, I've been dealing with pressure for a long time.

Under the lights, there's a lot of pressure, my first big show. The mental pressure drained me out a bit. I was fit and healthy, but I was thinking, 'Why am I tired?' There are so many things that go on in there.

There's always a pressure on performing the best.

There's always pressure on people's shoulders when it comes to Man United, and it's how you deal with the pressure.